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GEORGE W'. EDWARDS, OF CHATHAM, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJOHN M. BALDVIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CRHCOUPLING.

SPECPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,280I dated March 27,1888.

Application iiled October 31, 1987. Serial No. 253,804. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, GEORGE W. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chatham, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings; andl do hereby declare' the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying draw ings,and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object ot this invention is to provide a car-coupling which may beoperated from the outside oi' the car, thereby avoiding the necessityand danger of raising the couplingllink with the hand by inserting itbetween the bumpers, as is ordinarily done.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the draw-head andin the arrangements and combinations of parts 3o-operating therewith,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied inthe clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure l is sectional View of my improved draw-head, taken throughlineX, Fig. 3, showing the couplingpin and a round crossbar or rivet, towhich is secured the coupling-link. Fig. 2 is a front View of thedrawhead, showing a device for raising the coupling-link into engagementwith the next carin the train; and

Fig. 3 is u bottom view of the draw-head.

in said drawings, A indicates 'myimproi'ed draw-head, secured to thefront of the car in the usual manner and having an open bottom, as A;I), the couplingpin attached to a lever and operated in the usual way.Said pin is adapted to slip through an opening in a tongue, c,protruding from the bottom side ofthe drawhead, as in Fig. 3, saidtongue being perforated to receive the end of the coupling-pin Z1 as itdescends in coupling the cars.

d is a round erossbar passing through and secured to the draw-head, onwhich swings a coupling-link, e, as indicated in Fig. 2. Said link isactuated by a device, f-such as a lever-also shown in Fig. 2, secured tothe drawhead or ear or to a cross-bar, g, of wood or other suitablematerial, secured to the bottom of the car, as atg, Fig. 2, said leverbeing of metal and fulcruined, as at g2 and g3, to said crossbar g insaid lever.

f represents arms with which to operate the lever, and f2 is another armprojecting from said lever, which aetuates the couplinglink c and raisesit to a positionto be coupled with the adjacent car. Said lever may beoperated from the outside of the car, instead of inserting the handbetween the bumpers of the cars in raising the coupling-link, as beforestated, thereby avoiding the danger of injury to the hands of thebrakeman in coupling the cars.

The draw-head may be made in two parts, as shown, or it may be composedof an integral or solid casting.

The invention being so clearly illustrated in the drawings, furtherdescription is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Adraw-head for cars, combining therein a chamber in the front end, whichis open at the bottoni, as at A', having a tongue, c, projecting fromthe bottom toward the draw-head, and having an aperture therethrough toadmit of the passage of the pin, and having a crossbar, as d, to serveas ajournal foracouplinglink, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. The combination, with a draw-head provided with a chamber at thefront end, having an open bottom and a perforated tongue, as described,oi a erossbar, as d, a conplinglink journaled upon said cross-bar, and alever fulcrumed beneath the bottom ofthe car, having an arm extended tothe outside of said ear, and adapted to raise said coupling-link in aposition to engage with the draw-head of the adjacent c-ar,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this6th dayof October, 1887.

GEORGE XV. EDNARDS.

'Witnessesz OLIVER BRAKE, OsoAR A. MIGHEL.

